Ayrton's Mclaren

[Skii]

Hi all

I'm traditionally an aircraft modeller but I thought I'd have a bash at a car in our motorsports group build over at Britmodeller.com.

So far so good, lots of expensive aftermarket stuff purchased, lots from Hiroboy , Zero paints, some wobbly moments but nothing that looks that bad up close ...yet......

This is very much inspired by Steve Noble's wonderful build up, so any similarities are entirely intended lol !!! (if it ends up half as good i'll be a happy chappy!)

[jmwallac]

Looks great! I'm tuned.

[sportracer02]

Looks great, nice job on the chassis

[WasteGas]

Excellent start! Looking forward to more updates

[ddtham]

Fantastic start. Where did you get the machined carburetor stacks?

[Skii]

Thanks guys

Originally Posted by ddtham

Fantastic start. Where did you get the machined carburetor stacks?

Thanks mate - they are the kit ones painted in allclad chrome and a small strip of chrome tape wrapped around the side of each horn to give them each a smooth edge - thankfully the experiment worked!

cheers again

John

[billypee]

Nice, clean start. Just to clarify, this is the Tamiya 1/20th MP4/5B?

[Skii]

Originally Posted by billypee

Nice, clean start. Just to clarify, this is the Tamiya 1/20th MP4/5B?

Hi - yes it is the 1/20 Tamiya 5B

[Wngwie]

Originally Posted by Skii

Hi - yes it is the 1/20 Tamiya 5B

Did you cut the nose?

[stevenoble]

Thanks for the compliments about mine,really appreciate that.Excellent start you have made.Nice carbon,nice engine and the body colours look spot on.Are they the Zero paints,which ones did you use exactly???

[davezilla]

The carbon decaling on the monocoque is wonderful, as well as the flawless paintjob on the body. The "trumpets" looks excellent as well.

Just curious, what kind of carbon decals did you use for the monocoque? It looks just like the brownish carbon/kevlar pattern on the box art. Looks great!

[thenic123]

Hey
Very nice!
Which Red did u use for marlboro red?

[pawlie]

Great start, nice job on the wiring!

[Skii]

Thanks guys

To answer a few questions I cut the nose by simply running a stanley blade along the panel line with even pressure until it separated - admittedly a long and tedious job but the end result was the finest cut possible!

The carbon fibre is crazy modeller silver-grey stuff which I darkened with very diluted Tamiya semi-gloss black

The red is the Zero Mclaren red, sprays beautifully and looks amazing in natural daylight which really brings the flourescence out!

thanks again !


john

[Skii]

A little more progress, engine mated to chassis and mostly wired in, coolant pipe and exhausts added although the ccolant pipe is oversized , but after ordering that part from the States I decided to keep it and make do.